Financial History
January 2026
56 minutes

Scott Bessent: Fixing the Fed, Tariffs for National Security, Solving Affordability in 2026

Scott Bessent outlines proposals to reform the Federal Reserve, argues for strategic tariffs, and assesses U.S. competitiveness amid geopolitical shifts.

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Financial History
August 2025
56 minutes

Plain History: How the Transcontinental Railroads Built the Modern World

Plain English

Derek Thompson looks back at the development of US railroads in the late 1800s to learn about the nature of […]

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Financial History
June 2025
30 minutes

Ep54 “The Rise And Fall of Great Societies: Lessons from History” with Victor Davis Hanson

All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions

This episode explores the complexities and fragilities of successful societies, how specialization can lead to higher living standards but also […]

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Markets
October 2023
110 minutes

Jeremy Grantham, Bubble Historian

The Compound and Friends

GMO’s Jeremy Grantham discusses the evolution of bubbles in relation to the market today, the quality factor and GMO’s entrance […]

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Financial History
April 2023
53 minutes

CalSTRS: How the $300+ Billion Pension Fund is Allocating in 2023 – With Christopher Ailman, CIO

Money Maze

Ailman makes the case for predominantly passive equity allocations, explains why VC doesn’t fit CalSTERS size & style, discusses benchmark […]

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Markets
January 2023
38 minutes

LIVE: The Myth of the Million Dollar Tulip Bulb

Cautionary Tales

Economist Tim Hartford explains why the widely shared story of the tulip bubble is an exaggeration, what Charles Mackay wrote about […]

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Markets
November 2022
79 minutes

Siegel and Schwartz on Stocks for the Long Run

Professor Siegel and Jeremy Schwartz of WisdomTree discuss the current market and major takeaways from the updated edition of Stocks for the Long […]

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